A loud howl echoed across the bushveld as Wolf woke up from a very good night’s sleep.
“What a glorious day,” said Wolf. “Good morning, all my little friends and all my big friends,” he greeted the other animals. “You must enjoy ...
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Not so long ago, in fact in the time when my great-great-grandmother was a young girl, a chicken and a cow were friends.
One day, as they walked along the fields, Chicken fluffed her feathers and wiggled her tail feathers. She was fidgety. ...
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The snails who lived in Mrs Mondliwa’s garden were very unhappy.
“I’VE HAD IT!” grumbled Slimy Snail.
“Me too,” agreed Speedy, his best friend. “Why can’t we snails be liked more by the other garden ...
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The bugs in Mrs Mondliwa’s garden want the snails out. They complain that the snails leave slippery slime everywhere they go, eat, and destroy the plants and cause traffic jams because they are so slow. The snails have two days to prove that they can be useful too, or else!
Mama Tau was coming home! She had been away for a long time studying, and her family missed her. Everyone was very excited. But Thapelo, the youngest of all her children, was the most excited.
On the day of Mama Tau’s arrival, the family ...
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Mama Tau was coming home, and everyone had a special job to do for her welcome-back party – except Thapelo. He was just too small. Then Bless the dog hid Mama’s present in the neighbour’s locked yard, and they needed someone who could fit through the hole in the fence to get it back.
There was once a prince named Sugar. Prince Sugar was named after his love of sweet treats like cakes, biscuits, tarts, doughnuts and puddings. Prince Sugar was so spoilt that he wouldn’t share any of his sweet treats with the village ...
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Prince Sugar loved sweet treats so much that no one else in his village was allowed to eat anything sweet. One day Awande the baker arrived and gave sweet treats to all the children. To appease the angry prince Awande agreed to bake a new treat for him every day – on condition that he eat the whole treat on that day …
It was a hot day in the African savannah when Rabbit decided to walk down to the stream to drink some water. She was hopping along slowly in the heat along an open dusty path when she saw a mirror flashing in the sunlight. Rabbit had never seen a ...
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Rabbit had never seen a mirror before. So, when she saw herself and the veld reflected in it, she thought a strange animal had swallowed her and the bushveld. She ran to warn the other animals about the dangerous animal, bit it just swallowed every animal that came to destroy it.
“Hurry up, Neo, we don’t have much time!” said Hope putting down her heavy bag. Hope and Josh were waiting for Neo. They were all going to the park as part of Hope’s plan! Hope had started hatching a plan after reading the new book her ...
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Once upon a time, a giraffe and fox were best friends. They were both good at stealing and often got up to no good. While stealing food on a nearby farm one day, the friends get into a fight through which they learn about the meaning of ...
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